This is one of the first times I haven't been able to attend the annual Interop networking show, but thanks to the magic of Google Hangouts, I can still feel like I know what's going on. Check out this quick conversation that I had with Brandon Butler, cloud computing reporter extraordinaire, about the trends and news from the show:

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